Baines' Directory (1822) - Almondbury
The following section is reproduced from Baines' Directory: History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume 1 (1822) compiled by Edward Baines.
For the transcription of professions, entries have been reformatted to: firstname surname, location (extra details)
Almondbury
Almondbury, (p.) in the wap. of Agbrigg and honour of Pontefract ; 3 miles SE. of Huddersfield, is a place of great antiquity. Here was once a royal seat of the English Saxons ; near it is a very high hill, where are the visible remains of a rampart, and some ruins of a fortification; this is supposed to have been the Roman station, called by Antonius, in his Itinerary, Cambodunum. The living is a vicarage ; present incumbent the Rev. John Fleming Parker. Besides the church which is a venerable edifice, there is a Free Grammar School, founded by James I. and now endowed with about £120. per annum. Rev. Walter Smith, master. Population, 5679.
- John Brook, Esq., Finney Lodge
- John Dobson, Esq., banker
- Rev. Walter Smith, curate
- John Bagley, farrier
- William & James Beaumont, blacksmiths
- James Bennet, farrier
- Newell Bennett & Co., scribbling millers
- Samuel Berry, victualler, Ratcliff's Arms
- Peter Bradley, yeoman
- Joseph Brook, victualler, Star
- Richard Clay, senior agent, Finthorp
- James Crowther, plumber & glazier
- William Dalton, wheelwright
- Joseph Hague, yeoman
- Joseph Hampshire, victualler, Black Bull
- John Holt, architect, Longley Hall
- William Johnson, timber merchant
- William Kaye, dyer
- John Kaye, victualler, Rose and Crown
- John Mallinson, schoolmaster
- Marshall Thomas, yeoman
- Joseph Ramsden, yeoman
- Thomas Shearan, saddler
- John Turner, victualler, Wool Pack
- John Woodhead, yeoman
Butchers.
- Richard Poppleton
- William Walker
Cloth Dressers.
- James Brook
- James Buckley
- William Roberts
- George Schofield
Fancy Manufacturers.
- John Beaumont
- Joshua Boothroyd
- Joseph Farrand
- Samuel Field
- William Johnson
- John Kaye
- William Kaye
- Joseph Kaye
- Joseph Mellor
- William Midgley & Brothers
- John Oldfield
- William Oldfield
- Joseph Oldfield
- Thomas Oldfield
- John Poppleton
- John Shaw
- William Spivey
- William Stead
- Charles Taylor
- J. & T. Vickerman
- George Willans
- Charles Willans
- John Williamson
Grocers.
- Thomas Cockill
- Joseph Dyson & Son
- Edward Smith
- Samuel Stocks
Merchants.
- William Armitage, Thorp
- James Finney Crosland
- William Finthorp Hirst
- Abraham Lees
- James Lees & Sons
- Thomas Poppleton
- George Shaw, Cross
- J. Dodsroyd Shaw
- Francis Vickerman
- John Whiteley
Woollen Manufacturers.
- Joseph Berry
- Joseph Dyson
- Joseph Heptonstall
- Matthew Heptonstall
- William Parkin
- Thomas Vickerman